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Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes

919 - 998

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Siegfried (or Sigfried) (c. 922 – 28 October 998) was count in the Ardennes, and is known in European historiography as founder and first ruler of the Castle of Luxembourg in 963 AD, and ancestor and predecessor of the future counts and dukes of Luxembourg. He was also an advocate of the abbeys of St. Maximin in Trier and Saint Willibrord in Echternach. His male-line descendants are known as the House of Luxembourg, or House of Ardenne–Luxembourg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes is the 2,308th most popular politician (up from 5,692nd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Belgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes ranks 2,308 out of 19,576. Before him are David Johnston, Osroes I, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Al-Amin, Simone Veil, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Tancred, King of Sicily, Hun Sen, Henry II of Castile, and Birger Jarl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 919, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes ranks 1. After him are García Sánchez I of Pamplona, Emperor Shizong of Liao, and Li Cheng. Among people deceased in 998, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes ranks 2. Before him is Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani. After him are Koppány, and Sisinnius II of Constantinople.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes ranks 83 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques Rogge (1942), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Agnès Varda (1928), Corneille Heymans (1892), Father Damien (1840), and Adolphe Quetelet (1796). After him are Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacky Ickx (1945), Adrian Willaert (1490), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), and Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes ranks 28. Before him are Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Léon Degrelle (1906), and Gerard de Ridefort (1141). After him are Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), and Anne of France (1461).

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